Unit 1 1
Text A The Life of Frugalism 2
Text B The Debtor Generation 18
Unit 2 24
Text A Promises Kept 25
Text B Kitchen Phobia 38
Unit 3 44
Text A The Traditional Place of the Farm Woman 45
Text B Downshifting—A Return to a Simpler Lifestyle 61
Unit 4 65
Text A The 175-dollar Bill 66
Text B Downloading Love 80
Unit 5 84
Text A Life in the International Space Station 85
Text B Walking in Space 97
Unit 6 101
Text A Family Reunions 102
Text B The Kiss 115
Unit 7 120
Text A Is Teen Violence Really Growing? 121
Text B Verbally Abused Kids May Become Depressed Adults 135
Unit 8 139
Text A Antibiotics:Too Much of a Good Thing 140
Text B Antibiotics Use and Abuse 153
Unit 9 159
Text A Genetically Modified Foods:Harmful or Helpful? 160
Text B A Fable for Tomorrow 177
Unit 10 183
Text A When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is"a Waste of Time" 184
Text B The Future of Reading 202
Unit 11 209
Text A Advertising OF,BY,and FOR the People 210
Text B Selected Newspaper Ads 224
Unit 12 227
Text A Yesterday's Papers 228
Text B Ethics of Newspaper 246
Key to Exercises 249